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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]36 ACT 4.2 WGPA 3.89 UW

Accepted:
Notre Dame (invited to scholars and merit semifinalist)
BC
Villanova
Fordham (Dean’s Scholarship)
UMCP (B/K Scholarship)

Denied:
[b]UVA[/b][/quote]

Let the record show that UVA reject kids with perfect ACTs and only 1 or 2 Bs on their high school transcript.[/quote]

Shocked by this! Are you in-state?[/quote]

UVA really doesn't care as much about SAT/ACT scores, but REALLY cares about GPA and rigor of coursework relative to school offerings.[/quote]

No. As said several times above, and per Dean J who writes their admissions blog, they care much more about the grades obtained in rigorous courses and much less about GPA as it is too hard to compare.[/quote]

Ok, yes technically GPA is re-calculated -- and comparing between schools it is important to note as GPAs calculations vary widely.  But if you look in the context of your school's Naviance profile what you will see is a sea of green checks (admits) over a fairly straight line of GPAs (in our school it's around 4.3) with some fuzziness over the border. Occasionally a kid with 4.1 gets in and a kid with 4.5 does not--but hundreds and hundreds over several years follow this highly structured pattern. Because more than 25% of students take enough APs/IBs to meet the criteria of "rigorous course load," GPA is a fairly good proxy for what they look at.  BUT the SAT axis can vary from 1200-1600, but the GPA axis has almost no variation.  And it looks pretty much the same for any of the other NOVA public high school Naviance profiles I've seen.  W&M is different--they seem to do a ratio of SAT.  So a kid with a 3.9 might get in with a 1550 SAT whereas a kid with a 4.5 and a 1250 might not.[/quote]

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